JON STEWART

AGE: 45
OCCUPATION: Comedian and host of The Daily Show
NUMBER OF TIME COVERS: 0
PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE TIME 100: 1

PRO: He shepherded us through a dud of an Oscarcast with nary an awkward moment — and he had less than two weeks to prepare, thanks to the writer's strike.

CON: The strike seemed to take some wind out of Stewart's sails. And Karl Rove isn't the only one who finds him unfunny these days: Tina Fey used The Daily Show as an object lesson in "clapter," applause that signals solidarity, not hilarity.